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April 16, 1929. Re. 17,268

M. DAVIDSON LADYS HAT Original Filed Marsh, 15, 1927 Fla! MARGARET Dnvmson I I ["50" l H 'Theseobjects; and other advantageousends I which willhedescribedhereinafter; I attain I Reissnecl App 16, Y

UNITED STATES aOFF lCE.

"MA GARE nAv DsoN, or ZPHILADELPI I IA, PEN SYLVANIA.

Lanivs HAT.

: reissue filed November 7,

I My invention relatesfto ladies, hatsfand more particularly to the foundation str'uc} ,tureofsalne, rl o'cording to the usuallnethod" of making ladies? hats," no provision is made for suppo'ting the back of thebrnn to pre- Vent saine from droop ng down over the neck and shoulders oiithe wearer, In addition to this, considerable: difliculty has been. ex

perienced. in obtaining hats. of neat appeal an ceand.-good fit notfonly by the milliner who a fashions hats according; to individual der andthat of the manufacturer Who'i'abrt' catesha tsin quantitiesvandf according to .a

I ,p difi us manner (than general pattern are entirely different; yet by means of this invention I provide a method of, fabricating hats which is useful to both hand by means ofwhichhats'of better appearance andfitinay be fabricated ina more ex (has ;been possible heretofore."

, It ,is accordingly among. 'priinary ob-' jeots .ofthisj inventionto provide a setof pattern pieces; preferably oia material such as phnckram or thejli ke by means ofwhicli the anannfacturer may produce a quantity of" ready=to+Wear hats,{or byfwhich the milliner f may fashion ahataocQrdingtothe requirenien-ts or tasteflof an lndlvidual.

In either eVent5these' pattern pieces have been reduced to a minimum number, iz, in these-called fturbanltthere are employed merely a crown piece andfa foundation piece while in the j b im-Pie s 4 e r a accordance Wlth; tl'nswinvent ont 1s characterivpictureffhat thereis employed an, additional "The set a of pattern 'pleces constructed in iized by the factthat the crO n piece thereof 1 is always offsuch shapeandicontour as to eflfe'otually preclude all tendency for the foundation piece and the.vloriin piecefwhen the }l.atter=is-used.) toTdroop down upon thene'ck and shoulders'of thewearer, v,atthe same time that it isv designed to proyide adequate room forthe head of thewearerwhere such room is most needed;

' 1. in the following manner, reference being had to the accompanying drawings in I which I 5; 1927. Application for 1928. Serial No. 317,716. i} i Y einbodyinginy invention shown as it would appear upon the head of a wearer;

l igu're 2 is a sideyiew'oi the Figure 1; r c 5 H a lfigureg is a front View thereof;

Figures a and 5 are top and side views, re spectively, of thecrown pieee of the master patteri'l set;

hat shown in l Figures 6 and 7 are plan views, respeol ly, of the foundation and bIll'l'lpieces of the pattern set;

to 't which is 1 shown partially attached e loundationpieceshown inF gnre'fi; Figure 9 1s a centrallongitndinal sectional view ofahat frame einbodyingl the said crown, foundation and loriln;pieces;andr

frame wherein only the crown, and foundation pieces'are utllized to liorrna turban type ofjhat; m Referrnignow, more n detail; to the drawstructed consists of a crown piece 6 to which is attached foundation piece 7 supporting the brim piece 8 In the-case ofa milliner lVllQlS coinnnssioned to fashlon a hat to order, the hat frame: shown'in Figure Q'woul'd l ignre lfl is a perspective View of ahat" agar-e8 s 'a perspectiveview of the crown "ings -the hat frame as preliininarily conev he huilti'ip on thcwearershead' in order to lain the proper shape; fit and .fiPPQ ance.

,1 I" changing the relative proportions and curvature of the several pieces of this, hat

will and within wide liniits.- Having ascertainodn-theproper shape of each piece and fran'ie the styleoi' thehat inayfbe varied at,

their relation toeach other, the several pieces are permanently; secured together-in this relation-Qwhereby toiorrnthe completed hat frame, the latter being thenucoyered with suitable material to complete the hatfl T p v Returning now to adescription of theseveral'parts ofthe pattern set, it will be seen end being only turned downwardly enough to provide a: downwardly extendlng edge to tially' 1 at planefinclined rearwardly and upwardly, Thi'sshape of the crown pieoeat therear, by beingshallowand lower than the,

Figure is aperspective" viewof a hat front, provides; a construction whereby the which thenpper rearpart of the foundation a piece 7 may hewsecured, As clearly appears in Figures l and 9 the dependingedge ofthe crown piece is designed toliein a substanpiece upwardly and prevents them fromits center.

suitable back of the hat is supported and prevented '12 made in the rear portion thereof and an aperture 13, of an arcuate outline, formed in Crown piece 6 shaped over a block and the front edge 14; of foundation piece 7 is secured to the lower edge of front part 9. Side edges 15 are t" en carried around the outside of crown piece 6, and secured thereto to form the seam 16.

The inner edge 17 of brim piece 8 is then secured to the lower edge 18 of found tion? which will cause the edges 19, formed by maliing a large V-shaped cut in the rear of the brim piece, to overlap one anotnler to form a seam. Figure 7 is drawn. on a reduced scale from that of Figure 6, it being understood that the inner edge 17 of'the brim piece is substantially co-e'xtensive in length with the outer edge of the foundation piece 7. It will be noted that thew-sides of the foundation 7 are broadened so that the lateral edges are outwardly extended, the curve thereof being much greater than the curve of the adjacent inner edge of the brim piece to which it is secured. This forces the sides of the brim piece downwardly into adrooping p'esitioii and springs the front and back of the brim drooping. It will thus appear that when the foundation piece has been secured to the ovalshaped crown piece a hat bodyis obtained which is of generally oval shape. The de gree of droop to the sides of the brim piece and the set of the front and back is depend ent upon the relative breadth of the siee por' tions of the foundation piece and the curvature ofits'v edge with relation to the inner edge of the brim piece. Therefore, the style of the hat may be varied at will by changing the relative proportions and curvature 0f these parts, it being understood that the finished hat is in all instances of generally oval shape.

. IVhen a particular hat is to be fashioned to an individuals order, the several parts are secured together in the manner just described to produce a hat frame such as is shownin Figure 9, it'being understood that suitable material such as'buckram is employed, which readily lends itself to such shaping. hat frame so constructed is then covered with trimming material. Where the hat is blocked into shape on y a single piece of h'uckram is used. WVhat I. do-- The Obviously,

sire to chiefly point out is that bymy'invcnion I have made it possible to quickly and economically obtain a hat frame which may be immediately covered withtri'n'iming mate rial,'the hat frame so obtained being of gen:

' erally enhanced shape and appearance.

Hats in vogue today are designed to be pulled over the back of the head sothat the front part of the crown crushes the wearers hair against her head and the lower edge of the crown is cut off at such angle as is required to. dispose the brim as the style may dictate. The hat shown herein is adapted to be drawn over the top of,the wearers head so that ample room is provided forthe wearers hair in the interior of the front of the crown, piece 6 while edge 18 of foundation piece 7 may be cut so as Itoproducc any angle desired for brim piece 8. i

.It' will be understood that the brim piece 8 is not'always an essentialelement' in the hat frame and that in certain instances it may be dispensedwith. For instance, if I desire to construct a so-called turban style of hat, I employ merely the crown piece 6 and the foundation piece 7, as shown'in Fig. 10. In this turban it will be observedthat the foundation piece 7 is of greater depth in the rear'than in the front thereof soas to adapt it to be worn at a tilt with the lower front edge raised above that of the lower rear edge. By increasing somewhat the depthof the frontal portion of the foundation piece it becomes possible to dispense with the particular crown piece 6 shown herein and in its place substitute a flat piece of material of oval shape to form a turban of more matronly appearance. It will be understood therefore that while I have described andillustrated one embodiment of myinv'ention, various changes and'modifications may be made from time to time without departing from the spirit orprinciples thereof, and

appended claims. V WVhat is claimed. as new and useful is:

1. A ladys hat formed of a crown piece having a depending edge, a foundation olement having a central opening and aV-cut with the edges of the V-cut secured together, and a brim piece having a central opening and a V-cut with the edges of the V-cu't secured together, the edge of the central opening of the foundation elementbeing adapted to be secured to the depending edge of the crown piece, and the edge of the central opening of the brimpiece being adapted to be secured to the outer edge of the foundation element, the outer edge of the foundation element as above formed having a lateral dimension greater than the normal width of the central opening of the brim piece, where- "by'the sides of the brimare forced downwardly into drooping position andthe front and back of the brim piece sprung upwardly y-to prevent drooping of "the said front and back, substantially as described.

QQA hat frame including a" substantially oval slia'ped crown piece of decreasing depth from front to rear,the'side edges of said crown plece being sloped outwardly and downwardly and terminating in an upward-f ly and rearwardly inclined plane, and a foundation piece of arcuated form, the inner edge'of Which'is arranged for seourenient to est idth in its diametrically opposed side portions so that when secured to the crown piece said side portions fiaredownwardly and outwardly in continuation of the slope of the time depending perimetral edge of -said crown piece, said foundation piece being of greatside edges of'the orown'piecewhereby to form conjointly Withsaid crown piece a hat frame of greater depthinthe frontal portion thereof than in the rear.

3. A'hat frame as-calledfor in o1aim2 including as an additional element a brim piece of. arcuated form; the inner edge of which 'isqarranged for securement to the depie'ce, Saidbrim piece being also ofgreatest Width in its diametrically opposed side portionssothat when secured to the foundation piece the sideportions thereof will droop outiwardlye and downwardly to a greater extent than the front and rear portions thereof, 7

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my signature 1 MARGARET DAVIDSON.

pending perimetral edge of the foundation 

